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Medical Xpress / New vulnerability of asthma immune cells discovered

Why do certain immune cells remain permanently active in allergic asthma—even in an environment that should actually damage them? A team from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn has discovered ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Indigenous infants are born with more diverse gut bacteria than urban-born babies, study finds

Despite facing some of the highest rates of chronic disease later in life, a new study has found remote First Nations Australians are born with a natural health advantage—a rich and diverse gut microbiome.

Dec 11, 2025 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / FDA approves first stem cell therapy for severe aplastic anemia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Omisirge (omidubicel-onlv) as the first hematopoietic stem cell transplant therapy to treat patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA).

Medical Xpress / Integrating methadone treatment into primary care increases guideline-concordant care

Integrating methadone treatment into primary care settings improves adherence to guideline-concordant health care for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to a study published online Dec. 9 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dec 12, 2025 in Addiction
Phys.org / Researchers map Africa's snaring crisis, calling for sustainable solutions

The thunder of a rifle echoes across the Savannah. Antelope scatter as birds of all feathers take to the air. A dull thud signals that the marksman's shot was true. The horn from the felled rhino will command more money on ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Mini-gut model reveals how Ebola and Marburg disrupt the gastrointestinal tract

Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg virus (MARV) are highly lethal viruses that cause severe disease in infected patients by extensively damaging the body. This includes the gastrointestinal tract. Severe diarrhea followed by dehydration ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Gastroenterology
Medical Xpress / Key chemical in dark chocolate may slow down aging

A chemical found in dark chocolate could slow the rate of biological aging. Research from King's College London has found that the chemical theobromine, a common plant compound that comes from cocoa, could have anti-aging ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / Stress hormones can alter brain networks and strengthen emotional memories

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol help the brain build emotional ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Framework can improve Alzheimer's treatment efficacy by tracking anti-Aβ therapy response

In the last few years, progress has been made in the fight against Alzheimer's disease with a class of therapies called anti-amyloid antibodies (anti-Aβ). These monoclonal anti-Aβs are proteins made in a laboratory to stimulate ...

Medical Xpress / Study uncovers beneficial relationship between gardening and osteoarthritis

Gardening/yardwork is one of the few forms of leisure physical activity that people tend to do more as they age. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and a major cause of disability that also tends to occur ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Arthritis & Rheumatism
Medical Xpress / Short-term stress primes immune cells for action in animal models

Stress affects many systems in our body and biologists Marcel Schaaf and Erin Faught at Radboud University are figuring out how that works. Their recent study showed how stress changes behavior by using two different receptors. ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / 'Three-hit model' involving genes and environment describes possible causes of autism

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Dec 10, 2025 in Autism spectrum disorders